Overview
The translated histories identify Xie Lan as an administrator, aristocrat, official, and writer. This record brings together 20 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Found inBook of Liang
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Xie Lan | 謝覽 | Xie Lan |
| Courtesy name | Jingdi | 景滌 | Jǐngdí |
| Personal name | Lan | 覽 | Lǎn |
| Given name | Lan | 覽 | Lǎn |
| Surname | Xie | 謝 | Xiè |
| Personal name | Xie Lan | 謝覽 | Xiè Lǎn |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:015:s0141, liangshu:037:s0003
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- Official
- Writer
Life and dates
Death
- Place: in office / 官 · Age: Value: 37 · Reckoning: east-asianExplicit · liangshu:015:s0124
Age
- Value: 37 · Reckoning: east-asianExplicit · liangshu:015:s0124
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 九年夏 · Western Year: AD 510Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:015:s0112, liangshu:015:s0144
- Source Date: Text: 十二年春 · Western Year: AD 513Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:015:s0117, liangshu:015:s0144
- Source Date: Text: 天監中 · Western Year: AD 512Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:037:s0003, liangshu:037:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:015:s0144
Family
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- Kin of Xie Fei (謝朏)Kinship Term: brother's son / nephew / 弟子 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Generation Distance: 1 · Line: paternal · Intermediary Person Ids: Xie Fu (謝綍)
- Child of Xie Fu (謝綍)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Spouse of Princess of Qiantang (錢唐公主)Kinship Term: married the princess / 尚公主 · Union Category: marriage · Relationship State: formed
- Child of Mother of Xie Lan (謝覽母)Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
- Parent of Xie Han (謝罕)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
- Sibling of Xie Ju (謝舉)Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: full
- Kinship Role: generations-in-personnel-bureau · Count: 3 · Note: from grandfather to grandsonExplicit · liangshu:015:s0116
Career and standing
- Label: Gentleman of the Secretariat / 中書侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監元年 · Western Year: AD 502Explicit · liangshu:015:s0144
- Label: Imperial Son-in-law Commandant / 駙馬都尉 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:015:s0142
- Label: Minister of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointedExplicit · liangshu:015:s0115
- Label: Director of the Palace Secretariat / 中書令 · Action: heldExplicit · liangshu:037:s0003
- Label: posthumous Director of the Palace Library / 贈中書令 · Action: bestowedExplicit · liangshu:015:s0125
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:015:s0143, liangshu:015:s0144
- Polity: Southern Qi / 齊 · Relation: servedExplicit · liangshu:015:s0142
- Place: Kuaiji / 會稽 · Relation: fled-toExplicit · liangshu:015:s0113
- Place: Wuxing / 吳興 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · liangshu:015:s0117
- Place: Xin'an / 新安 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · liangshu:015:s0111
Learning and skills
- Skill: eloquence and poetry / 辭令 · Level: renownedExplicit · liangshu:015:s0101, liangshu:015:s0103
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · liangshu:037:s0011
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: abandoned-commandery · Other Person Id: Wu Chengbo (吳承伯) · Place: Xin'an / 新安 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年夏 · Western Year: AD 510Explicit · liangshu:015:s0112, liangshu:015:s0113
- Kind: administrative · Role: administrator · Action: suppressed-Huang-clan-influence · Other Person Id: Huang Muzhi (黃睦之) · Place: Wuxing / 吳興
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: called incorrupt; compared to Wang Huainzu · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · liangshu:015:s0123
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · liangshu:037:s0003
References in the histories
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